Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-20
culture" and shall describe the particu-
lar tract or tracts of land SO exempt.
Training kicking COWS.

| When milking cow writes f. G. Curtis
In The Practical Farmer, she should stand
in proper position, which many COWS
seem determined not to. The COW is the
strongest, and anger and brutal treat
ment are the result. Could the mixer
apply his strength in some easy, practical
manner, so as to compel the cow to stand
IN proper position while being MIXED
there would be no cause for anger on the
part Of the mixer: hence no brutal treat
ment wolld necessarily result. Some
COWS kick from natural Or acquired vici-
BUSINESS, others because the operation of
milking is paineful from tenderness or
otherwise. Hence, in some cases it is a
sort Of surgical operation, and the patti
ent must be confined to submit. The
proper position for cow to stand III is
TO "hoist," i. e., the right hind foot
should step back; or what is equivalent,
the opposite foot should be advanced. It
will be noticed that cow in this position
rests hor greatest weight on the foot
farthest from the mixer. Such being
the case, she can not then, well kich with
that foot. It seems then very plain that
the crow should "hoist;' if she will not,
simply propose to compel her to. For
this purpose [ keep in the stable a rope
about ten feet long. Make loop on one
end, so to the left side of the COW, loop
the rope around the hind leg, drop it
down near tbs dewclaws, pass it around
the stanchion twice if necessary, and
draw the foot forward as far as necces-
sary. This is forced hoist, and it has
effect, In almost all cases to cure or break
up the annoying habit of many COWS that
keep stepping or changing position, thus
com polling the mixer to move as often
IS the cow does.
South American Agriculture.
a resident of the county writes that
Paraguay appears to be but slowly re-
covering from the ruinous effects of the
seven years war, which commenced in
1864, and nearly discriminating the adult
males, while three-fourths of the women
and children ace supposed to have died
OF hunger. A census. taken last March
and recently published, gives 239,774 a
the number Of inhabitants, and 15S 900
acres as the crea Of land under tillage, or
not quite two-th1rds Of an acre per in
habitant. In 1868 the area was returned
at 55o,0O0 acres and the population at
over 100000; but there is reason to be-
lieYe that the number Of the people was
exaggerated in that year.
There are still no women to 100 men in
Paraguay. and the scarcit, of male labor
probably accounts for the slow progress
of agriculture; but It is to be borne in
mind that there was very little land under
cultivation at the end of the war. The |
crop must extensively grown is maize,
Of which there were SIS 800 acres last har-
vest. The proportion of tobacco is large |
1890 acres being grown. Live stock are
few in number, the census
showing only 100000 cattle. 60, 900 horses,
$4,000 sheep, 1900 goats, and $4,000 |
pigs. Yst horses and cattle, it is said, !
have more than trebled in the last ten |
years. Agriculture in Brazil, or at any
rate IN the province of Miaus, according
to Consul Ricketts,, Of England, is in a |
primitive condition indeed. In many
places the cultivation of the soil is CON
fined to cutting down axd burning the |
forest, and planting Ill the soil That
in the simplest and easiest fashion.
Maize is dropped into holes made with a
stick and covered over with the foot. |
This same land is cropped for two or
three years, and then abandoned for four
or five. Elsewhere the hoe is the princi-
pal implement of cultivation, plows being
used on the sugar and coffee plantations
as a rule. Labor is not easily obtained,
and the crops suffer from blight and in
sects, while cattle die in large numbers
during the dry weather prevailing from
June to October. Among other disad-
vantsges weighing upon agriculturists
deficient means of transport in many
in many districts may be mentioned.